• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington

• Year
• 1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 342205

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• Number of Tubes
• 0

• Valves / Tubes
• 6D6 6A7 6D6 6B7 6E5 42 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Columbus 36 [Table Cabinet] - Columbus Brand; Radio Centre

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 580 x 350 x 260 mm / 22.8 x 13.8 x 10.2 inch

• Notes

• 7-Valve (including magic eye) superhet with RF stage dual wave table model.

  See also console model Columbus 36 and table model Courtenay 36.

  Manufactured for Columbus Radio Ltd by Radio Corporation Of New Zealand Ltd.

• Mentioned in
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 116)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert (Hutt News 13 July 1938 Page 10 (Supplement))

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 169 models, 131 with images and 157 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Columbus (Brand); Radio Centre Ltd.; Wellington